App Finder: Top educational apps

Help your child get ready for back to school by setting them up with an educational app. They’ll be having so much fun with these, they won’t even realize they’re learning.

PBS PARENTS PLAY & LEARN HD: This is an app designed for parents to use with their young children. There are games the kids play and that the parents talk about. It’s bilingual also (English and Spanish), so kids can learn words in a new language as well.

NASA SPACE IMAGES: Help your child explore space with this cool app from NASA. It’s exactly what it sounds like - you can see images taken by NASA and explore the universe. It also includes cool wallpapers for your device.

ASL DICTIONARY: Want your child to learn some sign language? This is the perfect app. It has more than 5,000 signed words, and you can translate words into ASL. A translator performs the sign for you as well, so you can see it in action.

KIM KARDASHIAN: HOLLYWOOD: Why is there a Kim Kardashian game? We don’t know, but people are playing it and loving it. In the game, you create your own celebrity and “rise to fame and fortune,” as the game-makers say.